Geography & Regions
Which region is the smallest, located in the NW corner?
A) Blue Ridge, B) Piedmont, C) Appalachian Plateau, D) Ridge and Valley
APPALACHIAN PLATEAU
Who was the primary founder of the Georgia colony?
A) Hernando de Soto, B) James Oglethorpe, C) Tomochichi, D) King George II
JAMES OGLETHORPE
What was GA's first land policy to give away land?
A) Headright System, B) Land Lottery, C) Yazoo Land Act, D) Homestead Act
HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
Which event led to the 1860 election of Lincoln?
A) The Missouri Compromise, B) The Debate over Secession, C) The Nullification Crisis, D) The Boston Tea Party
The Debate over Secession
Which amendment officially abolished slavery?
A) 13th Amendment, B) 14th Amendment, C) 15th Amendment, D) 19th Amendment
13TH AMENDMENT
What feature separates the Piedmont and Coastal Plain?
A) The Savannah River, B) The Fall Line, C) The Okefenokee Swamp, D) Tallulah Gorge
FALL LINE
What were the 3 reasons for GA's founding?
A) Philanthropy, Economics, Defense, B) Gold, God, Glory, C) Liberty, Justice, Equality, D) Farming, Mining, Shipping
PHILANTHROPY, ECONOMICS, DEFENSE
Which invention led to a massive need for more slaves?
A) The Reaper, B) The Cotton Gin, C) The Steam Engine, D) The Spinning Jenny
THE COTTON GIN
What was the Union's plan to block Southern ports?
A) Sherman’s March, B) The Anaconda Plan, C) The Coastal Squeeze, D) The Savannah Siege
THE ANACONDA PLAN
Which group was created to help former slaves?
A) The KKK, B) The Freedmen's Bureau, C) The Red Cross, D) The Union League
THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
Which river forms the border between GA and Alabama?
A) Savannah, B) Oconee, C) Chattahoochee, D) Flint
CHATTAHOOCHEE
Which group of settlers were fierce soldiers from Scotland?
A) Salzburgers, B) Malcontents, C) Highland Scots, D) Jews
HIGHLAND SCOTS
Who was the Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs?
A) William McIntosh, B) John Ross, C) Alexander McGillivray, D) Sequoyah
WILLIAM MCINTOSH
Where was the deadliest one-day battle in GA?
A) Antietam, B) Gettysburg, C) Chickamauga, D) Andersonville
CHICKAMAUGA
What was the name for the system of "renting" land for a share of crops?
A) Tenant Farming, B) Sharecropping, C) Indentured Servitude, D) Subsistence Farming
SHARECROPPING
In which two hemispheres is Georgia located?
A) Northern and Eastern, B) Northern and Western, C) Southern and Western, D) Southern and Eastern
NORTHERN AND WESTERN
What document officially established the colony in 1732?
A) The Georgia Constitution, B) The Declaration of Independence, C) The Charter of 1732, D) The Articles of Confederation
CHARTER OF 1732
What was the first state-chartered university in the U.S.?
A) University of Georgia, B) Georgia Tech, C) Emory University, D) Morehouse College
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A) Freed all slaves immediately, B) Declared slaves in rebelling states free, C) Ended the war, D) Taxed Southern cotton
Declared slaves in rebelling states free
Who were the "Redeemers" trying to bring back
A) Civil Rights activists, B) Democrats wanting to restore the "Old South", C) Republican governors, D) Northern businessmen
Democrats wanting to restore the "Old South"
Which physical feature protects the mainland from erosion?
A) The Fall Line, B) Appalachian Mountains, C) Barrier Islands, D) Continental Shelf
BARRIER ISLANDS
Who was the translator for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi?
A) Nancy Hart, B) Mary Musgrove, C) Button Gwinnett, D) Lyman Hall
MARY MUSGROVE
What Supreme Court case ruled that Cherokee land was sovereign?
A) Plessy v. Ferguson, B) Brown v. Board, C) Worcester v. Georgia, D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
WORCESTER V. GEORGIA
What was the "March to the Sea" intended to destroy?
A) Railroads, B) Southern resources and civilian morale, C) The Florida border, D) British supply lines
Southern resources and civilian morale
What ended Reconstruction in Georgia and the South?
A) The death of Lincoln, B) The 15th Amendment, C) The Removal of Federal Troops (Compromise of 1877), D) The Great Depression
The Removal of Federal Troops (Compromise of 1877),